Vessel, six persons on board, possibly requesting assistance in 12-27N 048-12E at 041300Z feb
Gulf of Aden · HYDROPAC 218/08
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2008-03-22 09:09Z
This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · MRCC GRIS NEZ 042020Z FEB 08.. Issued 2008-02-04 21:35Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Gulf of Aden. The parsed report position is 12.450, 48.200. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2008-02-04 21:35Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC GRIS NEZ 042020Z FEB 08.
- issued by
- MRCC GRIS NEZ
- sea
- Gulf of Aden
- position
- 12.450, 48.200
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
VESSEL, SIX PERSONS ON BOARD, POSSIBLY REQUESTING ASSISTANCE IN 12-27N 048-12E AT 041300Z FEB. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC GRIS NEZ, TELEX: 42130680, PHONE: 3 332 187 2187, FAX: 3 332 187 7855.
Reading this warning
- Persons on board (POB)
- The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
- Position (degrees and minutes)
- How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
- Keep a sharp lookout
- A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
- Assist if possible
- The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
33 within 180 nm since 1999 · 1 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now
Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.
- Vessel, blue hull, two persons on board, unreported in vicinity balhaf (13-56.98N 048-09.49E)2026-04-16
- Distress signal received from F/V sumbuq in 12-30.90N 047-23.00E at 290725Z jun2023-06-29
- Seven meter F/V, white hull, three persons on board, unreported2020-02-01
- Vessel bw acorn, numerous persons on board, on fire and adrift in vicinity 13-07.5N 048-49.2E2020-01-24
- Vessel noel, nine persons onboard, reported sinking in 13-35N 049-55E at 201430Z jun2019-06-20
- M/V awate sinking, nine persons abandoning ship, in 13-25N 049-48E2019-06-20
Month of issue in the collected archive
All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.
Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-04 01:56Z; source collection times vary.
Incidents
Search-and-rescue broadcasts, published only once a case has been closed for 30 days: groundings, sinkings, capsizes, fires, man overboard, overdue vessels. Nothing here is live. All current distress & casualty cases (archived) →
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